Maine Artists Worry About The Future Of Public Installations As Pandemic Threatens Funding

The artist duo of Wade Kavanaugh and Stephen B. Nguyen have worked on public art together for the last 15 years. Most recently, they won a million-dollar public art commission for the new Washington Convention Center in Seattle.

Kavanaugh told Maine Public Radio about the realities of collaborating during a pandemic while maintaining appropriate social distancing. But while they are working, Kavanaugh worries that COVID-19 may be an existential threat to artists who focus on public works.

“We’re trying to put everything we have into it, because it’s the first big commission that we’ve gotten. And it could be the last. My name is Wade Kavanaugh, I’m an artist and I live in Bethel.

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